[pic] Can someone remind me why I bought a spider?

[Descartes]

Wow, check out this picture. That's a beautiful spider.

 

[MichaelD]

LOL @ the "gray area, ambiguous advice"

Your tarantula may or may not be one of many aggressive or docile breeds.

If bitten, you may or may not develop a localized or body-wide allergic reaction.

If said reaction happens, symptoms may or may not include; redness, itchiness, swelling, tightening of the throat, lungs or entire upper respitory tract, nausea vomiting, cardiac arrest, swollen toes, loss of testicle(s) or death.

Your tarantula may or may not like, appreciate or tolerate being handled. It may love on you like a puppy, or it may jam it's fangs deep into your eyeball. Best not to piss it off.

LMAO! They look cool...I'd never handle one though. :Q

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: Descartes
Wow, check out this picture. That's a beautiful spider.

That looks like a Chilean Rose. Not only a beautiful spider, but one of the best to keep as well. Nice placid, docile, easy to care for and hard to kill.

This is the species I've got. Not my spider, but mine looks pretty similar. Chaco Golden Knee Another great spider for capitivty. Gentle as a lamb, but huge. It's the largest spider in the world that's considered safe for handling. All the species that are bigger like the Goliath bird-eaters are nasty, prone to attacking without provocation and tough to care for. I had a Cobalt Blue for a while, but had to get rid of it. WAYYYYY too fast and aggressive for me to take care of well. Not a spider that adapts well to being a pet and should be kept by experts only.

 

[Thug Esquire]

I LOVE SPIDERS.

Especially tarantulas. In high school I picked up two of them and walked into the student union with one on my arm and one on my face and a cute girl said "Hi," and then screamed.

 

[imported_Kensai]

Originally posted by: Thug Esquire
I LOVE SPIDERS.

Especially tarantulas. In high school I picked up two of them and walked into the student union with one on my arm and one on my face and a cute girl said "Hi," and then screamed.

:laugh:

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: Crazyfool
I suggest letting it loose and singing "Born Free" at the same time. That's what I would do, lol.

:beer:

Boooorrnnn freee....
As free as the wind bloowwsss...

 

[biostud]

tie a string around it and take it for a walk.

 

[Lounatik]

I spider-sat my brothers tarantula for about three years when he went in the Navy. I really liked it a lot. If you handle it gently, you can get it up on your shoulder and it will hunker down and find the widest spot to get warm. Mine liked to be pet on its back quite a bit.

I lost it in my house for about a month or two and my then girlfriend, now wife, spent the night at my place not knowing it was loose. Found it crwling up a mirrored wall in my living room.

I now have a three year old daughter that I would like to get one for, but my wife will have none of it.



Peace

Lounatik

 

[KoolDrew]

My brother used to have one, but I think his ferret killed it.

 

[rh71]

enjoy your countless trips to the pet store for spider food from now on...

 

[SearchMaster]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
LOL @ the "gray area, ambiguous advice"

Your tarantula may or may not be one of many aggressive or docile breeds.

If bitten, you may or may not develop a localized or body-wide allergic reaction.

If said reaction happens, symptoms may or may not include; redness, itchiness, swelling, tightening of the throat, lungs or entire upper respitory tract, nausea vomiting, cardiac arrest, swollen toes, loss of testicle(s) or death.

Your tarantula may or may not like, appreciate or tolerate being handled. It may love on you like a puppy, or it may jam it's fangs deep into your eyeball. Best not to piss it off.

LMAO! They look cool...I'd never handle one though. :Q

Deja vu! How long ya been back?

 

[FoBoT]

has it been defanged?

 

[RaiderJ]

Originally posted by: rh71
enjoy your countless trips to the pet store for spider food from now on...

Spiders eat very little. I have three tarantulas (1 Golden Knee, 2 Avics) and they can't eat all the crickets I have before they die. I also have a scorpion (Emperor), and it doesn't eat much at all.

I take it that's a Rose tarantula you picked up? They are good beginner tarantulas as most are quite comfortable being handled and aren't prone to agressiveness.

If your T is a full-grown male, it might not live too much longer, since males have about a 7 year span - and getting to full-size takes up a good portion of that. However, if it's a female, you could easily have it for another decade or so (depending on it's current age).

Feel free to ask any questions you have! I have a little over a year's experience with my spiders and it looks as though others on the forums have good experience too.

Various pictures of my spider, along with molting pix

 

[RaiderJ]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
has it been defanged?

Defanging = death

Not to mention there is no reason to do such a thing with that particular species